Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue: A Planetary Parable 1
5. 1 Rainmaking and Other Forgotten Things 11
6. 2 In the Time of Beef 35
7. Cattle to Beef A Photo Essay of Abstraction 61
8. 3 Roads, Sand, and the Motorized Cow 85
9. 4 Power and Possibility, or Did You Know Aesop Was Once a Slave? 121
10. Notes 129
11. Index 153